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DATE PALM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does date palm mean?
• DATE PALM (noun)
The noun DATE PALM has 1 sense:
1. tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit
Familiarity information: DATE PALM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
date palm; Phoenix dactylifera
Hypernyms ("date palm" is a kind of...):
feather palm (palm having pinnate or featherlike leaves)
Meronyms (parts of "date palm"):
date (sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed)
Context examples
The sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed.
(Date Fruit, NCI Thesaurus)
The search for plant-derived phytochemicals that could prevent corrosion has led to such successful candidates as date palm seed extract and ginger root extract.
(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)
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